My birthday party thing this Sunday so my weekend will consist of frantically cleaning and preparing as much as I can for the 4 course dinner I'm cooking up for my parents, siblings and attachments. My fridge is almost bursting and my cat is going utterly mental with the various shopping bags.

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I have no plans that I know of. If I get a chance I'll be starting my free RIFT game.

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publiusvarus wrote:

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

See if my computer can handle TERA or will it just **** itself. Probably will do the latter just to make me sad panda.

End up playing some stockpiles of old games. ME2, Skyrim (150 hours and I had to walk away, never did much of the main quest ), and DA:O are all calling to me. Probably will focus on ME2 since Skyrim will take me a good 50+ hours to play through the main quest (and still satisfy my butterfly catching compulsion) and DA:O I barely got started with and that would take me at least as long as Skyrim will.

Pull some weeds in the yard. Nothing too hard, just some small buggars that I need to nip in the **** before they are small no longer. Also should pick up doggy doo but I will probably, and regrettably, put it off till a latter date.

Right now? Probably dink around on RIFT for a bit till 2ish then to the beginning of my list I go.

I picked up Rift again for the anniversery, so I'll be mucking about with that a bit. I finally have all of my paperwork in order so I'll also be spending some time with my taxes. On Sunday it's supposed to be 60 with clear skies, so I'll probably go find out what what this "sun" thing is that I've heard so much about.

First off, this is some freak stuff right here (SRW - Spider-Related Warning), although my weekend hopefully has nothing to do with spiders.

My weekend will consist of me begrudgingly attempting to go back to the gym (why?), game night with friends on Saturday and probably stupid amounts of SW:TOR on Sunday.

PS. Does anyone play Edgeworld? It is sort of Ogame-ish... loosely. It doesn't really get interesting until you join an alliance and then get to engage in more strategy as you take over bases in an Othello-like style of conquering areas. Message me if you find it somewhat tolerable and wish to play - I can help you out with resources. So far, I've not had to wake up at 3am to try to keep my stuff. =P

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

My birthday party thing this Sunday so my weekend will consist of frantically cleaning and preparing as much as I can for the 4 course dinner I'm cooking up for my parents, siblings and attachments. My fridge is almost bursting and my cat is going utterly mental with the various shopping bags.

Our garage was broken into the other day and some various electronics stolen from our cars. I hope the thieves enjoy my old Sansa Mp3 player with its selection of James Taylor, Tilly & the Wall, Imelda May and Leonard Cohen. We already got the side door repaired (it's a detached garage) and all signs point to it being young miscreants but Flea wants to price out a home security system for peace of mind. So we've got that going this weekend.

I started playing Bulletstorm which, aside from not being a very good game, crashes on a pretty regular basis. Time to move on to something else.

My birthday party thing this Sunday so my weekend will consist of frantically cleaning and preparing as much as I can for the 4 course dinner I'm cooking up for my parents, siblings and attachments. My fridge is almost bursting and my cat is going utterly mental with the various shopping bags.

Theophany wrote:YOU'RE AN ELITIST @#%^ AETHIEN, NO WONDER YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS AND PEOPLE HATE YOU. someproteinguy wrote:Aethien you take more terrible pictures than a Japanese tourist. Astarin wrote:One day, Maz, you'll learn not to click on anything Aeth links.

Birthday celebration this weekend (technically, the official day is the 13th, though). The fiance was very insistent that we celebrate it, on account of it going by almost completely unheralded for the past 3 years.

So we're meeting friends for dinner, then hitting a bar with a pool table. Should be nice and chill.

Not much else going on. I'd like to find a spare hour or two to finish Journey, and then put together an editorial/review on it. Beautiful game so far. I'm waiting on news about my E3 registration...hopefully I'll find out soon, and can get myself all booked.

Our garage was broken into the other day and some various electronics stolen from our cars. I hope the thieves enjoy my old Sansa Mp3 player with its selection of James Taylor, Tilly & the Wall, Imelda May and Leonard Cohen. We already got the side door repaired (it's a detached garage) and all signs point to it being young miscreants but Flea wants to price out a home security system for peace of mind. So we've got that going this weekend.

I forsee a new Facebook page in the works: "Shit old people listen to"

And I keep reading the title of this thread as "WOOOOKIES!!"

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publiusvarus wrote:

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

I got what could be called "discovered" by a few big record and booking/management executives a week or so ago, so depending on how schedules go, I may be meeting with another one or two people this weekend. That, and I'm playing a big birthday thing on Saturday. When I first got the job, they told me it was an 80's crowd. I didn't figure out until days later that they meant the age, not the decade. We'll see how that goes. I hope to be able to go out and see my favorite local band after my thing on Saturday.

This weekend will consist of doing all those fun errands necessary to go out of town (dry cleaning, laundry, buying those annoying mini-bottles of contact solution and toothpaste, etc). Also, Deus Ex: HR and boozing, maybe even at the same time!

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End up playing some stockpiles of old games. ME2, Skyrim (150 hours and I had to walk away, never did much of the main quest Smiley: tongue), and DA:O are all calling to me. Probably will focus on ME2 since Skyrim will take me a good 50+ hours to play through the main quest (and still satisfy my butterfly catching compulsion) and DA:O I barely got started with and that would take me at least as long as Skyrim will.

I may be in the minority here, but I would recommend DA:O over either of the other two games, and would recommend playing that one first (unless you're sitting on ME3 until you finish the previous title).

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PS. Does anyone play Edgeworld? It is sort of Ogame-ish... loosely.

Ogame.us just opened a new normal ACS server last week, in which I have started an account for giggles. Just sayin'.

Tonight: Get as much housework, laundry and yardwork done as possible since this weekend is packed. Birthday gift shopping for one of Charmaine's friends. Hopefully watch Real Steel on DVD.

Saturday: Balboa Park in San Diego is having their annual rummage sale so hoping to find a lost treasure and other fun stuff that might make us millionaires a la Antique Road Show. Charmaine's field hockey team is having their end of season party in the afternoon so I need to get lumpia and pancit together for that. Then opera that night with Ray. Don Pasquale. I love the opera. Ray doesn't, but I got Dress Circle seats.

Sunday: Helping a friend with some legal stuff in the morning so she can see her attorney. Charmaine's friend's birthday lunch party (Cheesecake Factory here I come!). Hopefully by the evening I can take it easy.

I haven't posted in a while, last two weekends were really busy. I went to Vegas 2 weeks ago, and blew a significant (for me) amount of cash celebrating my brother's 30th birthday. I was the old guy in the group, and despite being older and more mature I still drank too much and took about 3 days to recover from that trip. Even though I'd been there 3 times already, that was the first time I really gambled and actually stayed in one of the casino hotels. Now that I've done it, I'm pretty sure I won't be doing it again. To quote Sgt Murtagh, "I'm too old for this Shit..."

Last weekend I had to finish up final projects for two classes, and managed to get A's in both. Started 2 new ones this week, an english class, and a networking class. So I'll be spending some time working on that this weekend. Also, I got a call from my realtor saying the condo market has flushed a bunch of inventory and it might be a great time to try to sell again. I tried last summer/fall with not much luck. I'll likely be spending at least a little time identifying what needs to be done again before I put it back on the market.

As for gaming, I'm finally pretty burnt out on Skyrim, as I finished pretty much all the main questlines except the bard one. Also pretty burnt out on CoD, so I might look for something else to play. I'm not sure how much time I'll have for that though, as I just picked up season 1 of Game of Thrones on blueray on Tuesday and am only 4 episodes in.

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Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

Not much else going on. I'd like to find a spare hour or two to finish Journey, and then put together an editorial/review on it. Beautiful game so far.

It does look pretty and seems like it would be very relaxing. I love the look of the 'guy' that you are. To bad it's ps3.

Mmhmm. And neither of ThatGameCompany's other games have made it off the PS3 (flOw, Flower). Here's to hoping that there's a way for other folk to play it.

It's also been wonderfully paced, in the hour or so that I've put in. I take a lot of moments to stop and stare, but once you set yourself to moving forward, things progress very quickly.

The sand looks amazing, and often has a sort of watery, shimmering effect to it. There's a scene early on where you're riding it like a wave, that totally blew me away. They know how to frame a shot, for sure.

It's from a Dutch site so I hope I translated it correctly (although I think I did).

Mix poultry stock with a tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, some fresh thyme and the baking fat. Boil down to a lightly bound gravy on high heat in 2-3 minutes.

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Theophany wrote:YOU'RE AN ELITIST @#%^ AETHIEN, NO WONDER YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS AND PEOPLE HATE YOU. someproteinguy wrote:Aethien you take more terrible pictures than a Japanese tourist. Astarin wrote:One day, Maz, you'll learn not to click on anything Aeth links.

Take pain medication, do my PT routines, attend BSFS and Balticon 46 meetings on Saturday, and finish up the new David Webber Honor Harrington book. Probably grocery shop on Sunday, watch a few of the documentaries I took out of the library.

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For Truth, Justice, and the Norrathian Way! Tinkering is a trade skill which will not prevent the mobs from hitting you.

I just started on Briarcliff, since that's a town in Westcheter, but I could go to Faeblight.

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publiusvarus wrote:

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

I've got a level 50 Cleric (51 Shaman, 9 Iniquistor, 6 Justicar) with 300 in Mining, Armorsmith, and Artificer on Keenblade. Right now I'm waiting for the weekly timer to be up so I can get another pair of Master Craftsman's Marks to learn the recipe for the shoulder armor I want to make for myself.

It's from a Dutch site so I hope I translated it correctly (although I think I did).

Mix poultry stock with a tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, some fresh thyme and the baking fat. Boil down to a lightly bound gravy on high heat in 2-3 minutes.

The honey gravy was delicious, as was the rest of the meal. I ended up with no leftovers and people complaining about gained weight and talking about how they should just come by once a week (until I said that that'd be ok as long as they're paying for the food, booze and my hours).

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Theophany wrote:YOU'RE AN ELITIST @#%^ AETHIEN, NO WONDER YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS AND PEOPLE HATE YOU. someproteinguy wrote:Aethien you take more terrible pictures than a Japanese tourist. Astarin wrote:One day, Maz, you'll learn not to click on anything Aeth links.

It's from a Dutch site so I hope I translated it correctly (although I think I did).

Mix poultry stock with a tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, some fresh thyme and the baking fat. Boil down to a lightly bound gravy on high heat in 2-3 minutes.

The honey gravy was delicious, as was the rest of the meal. I ended up with no leftovers and people complaining about gained weight and talking about how they should just come by once a week (until I said that that'd be ok as long as they're paying for the food, booze and my hours).

Whenever my husband spends any appreciable amount of time creating a meal he always asks the consumers, after the first couple bites, "How much would you pay for this in a restaurant?". I always go high with my answer.

Glad it was a success. I flavor up veggies all the time with honey or brown sugar, but don't think I've ever made a stock gravy for them.

Oooh! Are those the choco-macadamia cookies of DOOM!? Reminds me. I've got some cookie makings lying about just begging for cookie making. But then, I have like 4 boxes of girl scout cookies too! What to do? What to do!!!

Oooh! Are those the choco-macadamia cookies of DOOM!? Reminds me. I've got some cookie makings lying about just begging for cookie making. But then, I have like 4 boxes of girl scout cookies too! What to do? What to do!!!

EAT THEM.

Or, if you're having trouble with all the cookiness, send them to me and I'll help.

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publiusvarus wrote:

we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.